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Version 1

Little Show (The) (1929-04-Music Box Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Music Box Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 9 mois 1 semaine
Nombre : 321 représentations
Première Preview : Tuesday 30 April 1929
Première : Tuesday 30 April 1929
Dernière : Saturday 01 February 1930
Mise en scène : Dwight Deere Wiman •
Chorégraphie : Danny Dare •
Producteur :
Avec : Fred Allen, Paul Bissinger, Romney Brent, Adam Carroll, Joan Carter-Waddell, Peggy Conklin, Bettina Hall, Portland Hoffa, Libby Holman, Dorothy Humphreys, Kay Lazell, Helen Lynd, John McCauley, Harold Moffat, Ernest Sharpe, Clifton Webb

Version 2

Sweet and Low (1930-11-Chanin's 46th Street Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Richard Rodgers Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 5 mois 1 semaine
Nombre : 184 représentations
Première Preview : Monday 17 November 1930
Première : Monday 17 November 1930
Dernière : Saturday 25 April 1931
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : Danny Dare •
Producteur : Billy Rose •
Avec : James Barton, Fannie Brice, George Jessel, Borrah Minevitch and His Musical Rascals, Moss and Fontana, Hannah Williams, Jerry Norris, Arthur Treacher, Paula Trueman, Roger Davis, Hal Thompson, Roger Prior Dodge; Ladies: Betty Croke, Ethel Brice, Polly Rose, Gladys Aster, Marion Bonnell, Viola Paulson, Nancy Dolan, Lucille Osborne, Kathleen Ayers, Ruth Sato, Peggy Andre, Dorothy Van Hess, Emily Van Hoven, Ruth Dana, Mildred Tully, Charlotte Stoll, Emily Burton, Loretta Flushing, Pauline Schaefer, Muriel Markert, Kitty Brady, Rita Jason, Ray Stuart, Arline Baber, Baun Sturtz, Ethel Kriston; Gentlemen: Harry Edwards, James Lee, Jack Ray, Charles Millang, Daniel C. Wyler, Joe Barry, Edwin Murray, Jack Bauer
Commentaires : Lyrics: Allen Boretz, Mort Dixon, Edward Eliscu, Ira Gershwin, Charlotte Kent, Malcolm McComb, Ballard McDonald, and Billy Rose

Music: Louis (Lou) Alter, Harry Archer, Phil Charig, Vivian Ellis, William (Will) Irwin, Charlotte Kent, Ned Lehak, Joseph Meyer, Dana Suesse, Mischa Spoliansky, and Harry Warren

It ran for a week at the Majestic Theatre in Brooklyn before opening on November 17, 1930 at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 184 performances. Although it rarely sold out, Rose transferred it to the 44th Street Theatre, where it was more successful at the box office.